#remade it like three or four times already lol

[frenchfry99]

Meet the neighborhood's bashful tailor🧵☁

A bit of info about them below

The oldest yet the shyest among the siblings, Sunny would rather stay at their atelier, same as the sun that would rather hide behind the clouds.

That doesn't mean she spends his whole time there, for example, she really likes to go bake something with Poppy and Frank, make new costumes together with Sally for her plays or paint with Wally :)

They may be awkward and sheepish in anything but definitely not his occupation. Despite their young age, they can always give a thoughtful and useful fashion advice, acting like an experienced fashionista.

Even though Sunny sews mostly simple clothes due to living in a small neighborhood, they really do like to work on big and scrupulous projects when they get the chance! (probably the only person that puts up with Sally's crazy costumes too-)

Living by yourself with two energetic younger siblings may not be the easiest but Sunny always tries to do her best as the oldest. Having friendly neighbors that help them out makes things easier too! :D

Aside from various garments, Sunny loves to sew plushies (Definitely makes some as gifts for others) ((I'd call gift giving his love language in general since they're selectively mute and just not talkative on top of that, so they're not big on expressing things verbally))

She also tends to view other little neighbors as her younger siblings (would totally spoil them (same as his lil brother and sister smhhh)and is very protective too)

Sunny may take things too literally or not understand sarcastic jokes quite often

How did they get into the neighborhood? Uh um how about I show you a lil silly doodle of her with a kitty ^^

It loves cats! And is afraid of dogs-

(He's most likely a goat btw)

(or goatling cuz that's how Barnaby would oftenly call them lol)

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[nordic-language-love]

Language Learning Log 2021 - Week 20 (10.05 - 16.05)

Norwegian

Watched 2x Kveldsnytt broadcasts

Watched 1x Nytt på nytt episode

Read 4x articles

Read 70 pages of Harry Potter og Føniksordenen

Wrote 125 words of fiction

Wrote 5x journal entries

Finished listening to 1x Uillustret vitenskap podcast

Started listening to 1x Siri og de gode hjelperne podcast

1x Silje Thorstensen yoga video

60-minute italki lesson

Speaking practice: recorded video about bridge technique and exercises

Japanese

Wrote 5x journal entries (typed)

Duolingo: Transit 1 and Clothes 1

JFZ ch 13 videos

Norwegian

I made a video explaining the technique for going back into bridge for my italki teacher this week. It was painfully embarrassingly awful, to the point I remade it in English because I was 1000% sure the Norwegian one didn’t make any sense, but I didn’t find I had to search for words too much; it was just my grammar and the way I word things that suck. The vocabulary’s largely there, it just sounds like everything I say is directly translated from English rather than sounding natural.

Other than that, I’ve mostly just been writing in my journal, listening to podcasts and reading again. Not the most productive week on the whole and I didn’t hit most of my goals, but I've been more focused on exercise this week. I’m determined to get back into it! I think this coming week I’ll try to incorporate more Norwegian yoga videos into my training.

I also have two italki lessons booked this week (due to me not understanding how time works and thinking the 20th was next week) and I’m like... I cba to reschedule so I’m just gonna take it lol. I’ll just wait a week to book my next one.

Last week’s goals

Mysteriet om Nils ch 43 culture sections ❌

Watch 5x TV shows or news broadcasts [3/5] ❌

Read 100 pages of Harry Potter og Føniksordenen [70/100] ❌

Listen to an hour’s worth of podcasts [25 + 43 = 68/60] ✅

This week’s goals

Read 100 pages of Harry Potter og Føniksordenen

Watch 5x TV shows or news broadcasts

Mysteriet om Nils ch 43 culture sections

Japanese

Watching the Japanese From Zero chapter 13 videos I realised that I already knew and understood everything being said and could answer all the questions correctly. Pretty proud of myself ngl. I think I need to go back through the videos and make some notes at some point - maybe I’ll do that next month. I really need to get into studying grammar properly.

As with Norwegian, I didn’t hit most of my goals this week, but I don’t mind too much. I’ll just get on them this week.

Last week’s goals

Start reading a short story ❌

Duolingo: increase Clothes 1 skill to level 2 [7/7] ✅

Duolingo: start Hobbies 2 skill ❌

JFZ ch 13 grammar videos [2/2] ✅

Write at least 1 handwritten journal entry ❌

This week’s goals

Start reading a short story

Duolingo: start Hobbies 2 skill

Write at least 1 handwritten journal

Other

I’ve done a fair amount of training this week - I’m really happy to see all the pink and green on my grid! I had a bit of a realisation at the start of the week that I’ve got really unfit and inflexible over the past year and I’m not happy about it at all, so I’m pushing myself to train more, as well as watch what I eat a bit. Also, I’ve started teaching again and group classes are back this week, so I’ve got to get back on it! One of my students has been training throughout lockdown and she’s really not that far off being my level now, which uhhh I can’t have lol. I’ve gotta stay ahead of my students!

This week my boyfriend has the week off, so we’ll be spending time together and I might not get as much done in the way of languages and training (hence setting three goals instead of my usual four for each section), but we’ll see how it goes. I still want to try to exercise most days, and obviously if I can do a little languages every day then that’d be great!

Last week’s goals

Strength & conditioning course unit 7 part 1 [20/20] ✅

Submit at least 2 learning tasks for my aerial hoop instructor course [0/2] ❌

Stretch on at least 3 days [5/3] ✅

Train pole/aerial hoop on at least 2 days [2/2] ✅

This week’s goals

Strength & conditioning course unit 7 part 2

Stretch on at least 3 days

Train pole/aerial hoop on at least 2 days

[tulipfarm]

content creator tag

rules: answer the questions and then tag 10+ other creators to answer the questions! 

tagged by: @taylorjoy-anya, @seance, @niinazenik & @neve-campbells (thank you!)

tagging: everyone i mention in this post (ignore if you did it already tho or only if you want!)

first creation and most recent creation of 2020: gonna cheat and say my first creation was this petermj holiday fanfic that i kinda hate now lol and most recent is zendaya in 2020

one of your favorite creations from 2020: i don’t even like zutara like that but i love this one

a creation you’re really proud of: day one of jatpweek! my favorite character

a new style you tried this year and a gifset that uses it: i only started gifmaking this year but it was really cool learning how to do the torn paper effect. i only did it twice and it wasn’t great but i’d like to try it more

your favorite coloring: bi colors for atla

a creation that took you forever: the gaang + mbti because an anon requested it and since i had no knowledge of mbti i had to do some research. then i had to figure out which scenes would work. and then i had to screencap everything (i hate screencapping) and i really wanted it to look good. i think i remade it 3 times until i was happy with it

your creation from 2020 that received the most notes: zendaya’s bday gifset as it should!!!

a creation you think deserved more notes: jatp + types of crushes deserved more love. the ratio on that one hurts.

a creation with a favorite scene/quote: flynn is so cute omg

a new fandom you joined and a creation you made for it: julie and the phantoms babey (here’s willex and juke my babies)

a creation you made that breaks your heart: julie molina + learning to grieve

a ‘simple’ creation that you really love: atla + tumblr’s year in review and also jatp + the songs outside of their performances

a creation that was inspired by another one (add both your creation and the one that inspired it!): this petermj set i did!!! looking back on it now, i wish i made it prettier but yeah, i love them so much. inspired by bartonclinton’s naley set

a favorite creation created by someone else: gonna have to say literally anything mer @ahssoka makes 🥰 here are some examples of how talented she is: one // two // three // four // five !!!!

some of your favorite content creators from the year: cannot possibly name all of them but here’s some of them: @stewart-booboo @kor-ra @sailorsmoon @iridescentides @grayson-richard @beltik @juliesmolinas @katecastle @valenttine @cloud19s @alexsmercer @nora-reid @taylorjoy-anya @suyins @merceralexs @chonis @coulter @kataang @kevsryans @jakeperalta @yonceknowles @cheryl-bombshell @juliesmolina @betty-coopers @milesgmorales @martacabreras @zavens @lyraspans

for good measure, a couple more creations of yours that you love: im gonna do more than a couple because i feel like it: julie molina + the symbolism of doorways // ariana grande’s 34+35 // katara + chloe x halle // jatpweek + favorite friendship // zutara + cloak & dagger // juke + the 5 love languages // zuko + quote // katara + vincent van gogh // zendaya + big three // mailee + quote // katara character profile // atla’s book three

[dollsorwhatever]

Cloe+ Collection Overview

I decided to give Cloe’s hair a shot before completely writing her off for that ugly rooting, so I straightened and gave the hair some wave/body and then tucked the front of her parting back in an attempt to even out the thin-ness and give it some balance.

She’s definitely not terrible, but her facial flaws bother me too much to consider sending this one out for a reroot or keeping her in my permanent collection. This is the one that Amazon CS told me to keep (or dispose of...lol) and I returned the last replacement for yet another replacement Cloe (So....Cloe #4) and after I get a perfect one, this girl’s head will find herself in a gift package for someone that might be able to use her. (will keep her arms and clothes tho) Thoughts on the line below the cut.

My overall thoughts on this line are still forming, since I haven’t been able to enjoy them in their best state bc of the constant exchanging I’ve been going through, but my overarching thoughts so far are: -I hate the body, I’ve hated the 2001 torso since I was a teenager and it’s frankly the worst choice for this line or any line, period. Nothing looks good on it. I would have preferred the Pixiez torso hybrid with 2010 legs and Movie arms (which Hayden/MGA did know about during the conception of this line...so idk why they chose 2001) but since that torso has a smaller chest and would therefore limit compatibility with older dolls, I’d pick the Kiani body as THE choice to be the standard Bratz body going forward, since it has a nice shape and rotational hips rather than hinges, with Movie arms added on, while fitting 2001-body clothing perfectly (better than 2001 does even lol) and the legs are gorgeous. -They fucked up the skintones. The heads are all standard Bratz skintones, but the bodies are all wrong. Cloe and Jade’s torsos are like bright reddish pink and the hands match their heads, Yasmin’s entire body is bright fucking orange, Sasha’s body is slightly more olive-toned than her OG body so I won’t be able to use her arms (though I’m willing to accept this because she has the most subtle and pretty skintone of the line and she looks good as-is). Yasmin’s skintone is the most annoying because there is no subtlety to it, it’s just blatantly orange, and her shoes won’t match any other dolls.

-The shoe sculpts. Now I personally PREFER for them to utilize one sculpt more than once and I don’t want there to be a unique shoe sculpt for every doll in every line, I think that’s a waste of sculpts especially because so many Bratz shoes are pretty versatile and can be altered with pant and designs very easily, as well as the issue of skintone matching since the feet pop off.  I don’t think they utilized enough of the sculpts Bratz has done over the years and executed most of the shoes poorly. Yasmin’s ‘boots’, for example, could have easily been a pair of these boots or these boots in a dark magenta and flocked, with lace socks and it would have been a prettier/better translation of the sketch while also staying consistent with the collection. Yasmin’s second shoes should have been the Feelin Pretty heels (even matches the sketch closer than the Classic heel), Jade’s first boots should have been the PnP boots rather than the RA boots (which we’ve also seen, with that exact paint design, several times already), and switch out either Cloe or Sasha’s Classic heels for something else entirely, like more boots. Maybe those cute timberland fakes in a different color. Also they fucking destroyed the Feelin’ Pretty sculpt with Jade’s second shoes. The printed fishnet and the flame motif with the straps is just too much and really overpowers the sculpt (which btw was only used in ONE collection bitd so two pairs in this line would have been swell- especially if they used them for Cloe’s 2nd outfit instead of Jade and got rid of those fugly fishnets and flames) The fact that they used one shoe four times and remade an exact version of a pair of shoes we already have seen a billion times makes the entire shoe wardrobe of this collection feel very unfinished and poorly thought. I can only use, like, four pairs of shoes in this collection and the others are unoriginal or don’t match any dolls (Yasmin’s orange ass)

-The designs are (mostly) lame as fuck. I feel like, especially since Bratz haven’t been OG Bratz for a very long time, that they should have referenced the previous lines to make sure we were getting something new and consistent with the quality we’ve come to expect. We’ve seen several pleather bralettes already and there’s THREE in this line (we’ve seen a lot of pleather too, even), Jade’s first top is a bland PnP Meygan top and we definitely didn’t need TWO identical mesh bodysuits in this line. The clothes don’t seem to be well-rounded, just like the shoes. The quality is really lacking in some places too; Yasmin’s jacket has no inner lining (would have been a stunning piece otherwise), Sasha’s jacket is really weird and not at all what it should be (tho it is pretty well made), Cloe’s second outfit is poorly tailored especially the pants (tho her first outfit is incredibly well made, the best of the line actually), Sasha’s second dress is massive and those panels on the sides are ugly (shame bc it could have been a nice piece otherwise), Jade’s skirt doesn’t fit that well (mostly bc of the body they made it for), etc etc.  And let’s not forget the fact that every studded piece, has studs falling apart in seconds.  Jade’s pants and Sasha’s pants are sub par in comparison to the exquisite denim pieces we’ve gotten for Bratz in other eras, with realistic stitching and ‘thick’ denim with real belt loops and pockets and just going the extra mile to really push that ‘’Real clothing but mini’’ vibe.  The chokers are very nice, Cloe’s first outfit is INCREDIBLE, the hats are very nice, Yasmin’s second outfit is the second best outfit of the entire line, the bodysuits (while there should only be one) are well made, Yasmin’s 1st top (while a poor translation of the art) is cute and versatile and Jade’s white T-shirt will be a big staple piece for collectors and is very well made.  The Faces- I like all of the facial screenings on these dolls, not much to say there. I think Yasmin’s lip color should have been more subtle and Jade’s shine dots are wonky by default, Sasha’s lips are smaller than the rest but otherwise I like all of these screenings.  The Hair- The rooting patterns are bad. This isn’t a QC thing, this is a design flaw; all of the dolls have thin rooting patterns, Sasha and Jade’s partings are very short and none of the dolls have dense rows under the partings or dense rows in the back, Jade’s thatched bangs are terrible and her space buns look like antennae because they’re smushed underneath her hat. Will have to send all of my keepers for reroots and that pisses me off because MGA knows how to correctly root hair, and these 50$ dolls are basically bald.  -The Price. This price is really fucking high considering how little we got and how little they seem to have thought about this collection’s design and quality. If they fixed all of the things I mentioned above, this line would be worth 50$ to me. Higher quality denim, more diversity in clothing pieces and shoes, thicker hair and fixing the skintones would have made this a solid collection and I would have paid 35-50$ happily. But with the collection as it is, I feel like I’m not getting my money’s worth. Cloe and Sasha basically share two pieces (mesh bodysuits and pleather bralettes), Yasmin’s ‘boots’ are hideous and her second ones don’t match any other dolls (And she won’t match any other shoes), both pairs of Jade’s shoes are a travesty and Cloe’s heels are very been-there-have-70-of-that.  The QC- a joke, garbage, terrible. I shouldn’t have to return a doll four times to get a good one, and the studs on these pieces shouldn’t be falling off. MGA had over 2 years to get this collection going and they started production in August when they should have started in April, instead they rushed at the last minute and sacrificed the QC to get stock on time. 

[azariaspace]

Goals Assessment

An assessment of these posts and their feasibility and achievement or lack thereof so far as I’ve moved on campus and tomorrow’s the last day before school starts.

It’s under a read more for good reason (it is hecka long), but I really want my friends (and anyone!) to read it and see how much I’ve grown.

18 Goals for 2018

1. Pass all my classes (interim, spring freshman, and fall semester).  I want to say with As, but a) interim is just pass/fail and b) that doesn’t really matter.  Also, learn to study.

So, yikes, I didn’t do that.  I didn’t do the thing with all A’s and I didn’t do the thing with the simply passing, either.  But I failed two last fall and I failed one in the spring, so we’re doing better, and I’m retaking the two I failed in the fall this fall, so we’re atoning.  I also think I know how to pass them.  I really know how to study.

2. Get a job during interim, get a sustainable job for during the semester, and get a real job for during the summer.

I didn’t get a job during interim (well, I acquired one then, but I didn’t start it then), but I did get one during the semester!  I don’t know what I meant by “real job”, but I worked at a church in the summer.  I’m also working as a props master this year, which is a theatre and a management job, so it’s fun and real?

3. Become my floor’s Barnabas (the position that leads the spiritual development of the floor – something I would apply for and get in interim/early second semester freshman year and start as a sophomore).

Yes!  Did it.  Crushed it.  Just finished training.

4. Become an RA (something I would apply for… again… as a sophomore in the fall, even if I wouldn’t start working until 2019).

Haven’t yet had the chance to try, but I’ve already been asked about it.

5. Learn to drive and have a car on campus.

Nope, but I did start learning!

6. Have more than $1,000 in checking and savings.  Be fiscally responsible. Also, tithe.

2 outta 3 ain’t bad?  I have more than $1,000 in each, and I’m fiscally responsible.  I don’t tithe, but I’ve started a program to get there.

7. Go camping, or at least hammock often.  Also, get more plants.

Got more plants and I’ve got a hammock which I’ve used a bit.

8. Be a minimalist, both on-campus and at home.  And be an environmentally-responsible minimalist.

I got rid of a lot of stuff, but I don’t think I’m a minimalist yet.

9. Deepen my personal spiritual faith.

Jesus and I had a bit of a time.  But we’re working on it.

10. Become a full-fledged vegetarian.  Hop off the pescatarian train.

Crushed it.  Haven’t eaten meat since the first of the year.

11.  Sleep at a reasonable hour.

Lol.

12. Do CTC again, but only when it’s helpful and feasible.  (So definitely interim and spring, but maybe not fall – and if not, that’s okay.)

I LITERALLY JUST SWITCHED FROM TAKING IT FOR CREDIT TO AUDITING IT I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF TURN UP.  I still get the community without the stress.

13. Make sure my FYP (four-year-plan) is realistic, because I should have to take more classes than I have to.  Also look into auditing psych classes, or maybe just… take them.

I haven’t looked at it in forever oops.

14. Start serving at the church I’m going to.  Also, be serious about my attendance there.

I didn’t go back to that church and didn’t start serving the church I then went to.  Then I worked at a church, but got paid for it, so this is a fail.

15. Be serious about my meals.  If I’m on the 21 meal plan, use all 21.  Evaluate whether 15 is realistic.  Learn to cook.

This is half a no, but I can’t fix it because now I’m on unlimited meals.  I did learn how to cook though!

16. Sleep more and at decent times. And work on other things, like washing your face and using lotion so your hands aren’t dry.  I need to take care of myself.  And that includes seeing a therapist on-campus, because mental health is important, too, and my mind is nebulously… not right.  I’m not equipped to go beyond that, but, if nothing else, I can talk about stuff from my past.

I think the sleep on is a no.  Washing face is a soft maybe.  Lotion is a no.  It’s true that I need to take care of myself.  I saw a therapist thrice and then... stopped.

17. Read more for fun.

I didn’t during the semester, but I did over the summer!

18. Make an Instagram (the one I have now is garbage and is gonna be deleted probably) and take a picture every day.  Learn to appreciate life.  Write a caption – or don’t – but know that what you see is beautiful and a privilege.  The life I am living is beautiful, and even if not every moment is, I am in love with it.  I want to share that.

I remade the Instagram and set the goal, but I didn’t stick with it.  But I think I really did shift how I viewed life, which is the biggest goal of all.

Things I Want to Do This School Year:

-24-Hour Theatre

I really want to do it.  It’s one weekend, and I can spare myself for that long.  It won’t fall on a show weekend (because it’s done by the same people), and it’s not on a mandatory Barnabas day (I can skip anything that might fall on the same weekend).  It’s something I really want.

-fully prop three shows

It’s my job.  I have to.

-ASM a show

Again, it’s my job.  I have to.  But I really want to do it well.

-help the rogue production of AaOL (set designer? Stage manager? Whatever they need)

I think I’m going to have to let this one go.  Arsenic and Old Lace, if it happens at Calvin, will be beautiful, and it will be beautiful without me.  I don’t have the time for two shows at once, let alone two shows and whatever else I do at once.

-host a Seder and cook for it

I want to do this as part of my job as Barnabas, as a gift to my floor, and as an honoring of my ancestry and an expression of where my faith meets my heritage.  Food brings people together like nothing else, and while many people will go home for Easter, many people won’t, and this is a way they can have something special.

-play my uke well

I thought it would be necessary for Dorm Worship, but it won’t be.  We’ll see if it happens.

-bake bread once a week

The quick, simple bread!  Barnabread will be a much rarer commitment.

-write the first draft of a full-length play

I want to work on it if nothing else.

-help lead a club

It’s something I’ve committed to and I want to do it well.

-help rewrite the lgbt dorm workshop

I think I’m going to have to let this one go.  It’s a lot of work I don’t have time for.

-organize and catalog all our props

It’s a bonus part of Props Master I put on myself that I want to see started if not finished.

-make a movie

I think it’ll have to go on the backburner, if not nixed.

-get As in every class

I want it.  My GPA needs it.  Some other goals need it.

-get us gender neutral housing

I really, really want to help with this.

-get the job of ra for next year

I don’t know why this is always on my heart and mind but it is.

-get a theatre summer job

maybe with my current boss

-cold knight plunge

enough said

-get on the Israel trip for next year

I want it

-fuckin learn how to drive and get my license

I want it! (maybe with less swearing tho)

-get in a relationship

If it happens that would be lovely, but bruh I don’t even know if I have time for a relationship.

-clean and be neat

*looks at my desk* hmm wouldn’t it be nice

-sleep eight hours every night

I really want to try!

-do devotions every day

It’s in my schedule!  I really want to try!

-vote

Yes please I need to file for a mail-in ballot

-maybe try therapy again

... we’ll see

-love with reckless abandon

YES PLEASE THIS IS MY WHOLE LIFE RIGHT HERE

Blog about gripes I have with the way my school treats queer students

Mmm yes.  But also no pressure to do so.  Only when it’s useful for me.

Steal and implement the 95 stories project from Hope College

That’s a lot of work.  I want someone else to spearhead it and to be a part of it.

Make a zine about queer student experiences

See above.

Get to a reasonable weight

!!!

Pursue minimalism

Slowly but surely

Read for fun

... Didn’t I see this before?  I feel like it’s healthy and important.

YouTube video at least once a month

I feel like that’s a reasonable goal.

So many deep chats

I’ve already had one with a first-year and like three with my returning friends.

watch my friend finish playing undertale

It’s up to her.

Be on a church council

I’ve committed!  It’s happening.

Choreograph something

It’s for a class lol.  There’s no backing out.  But also I’m so, so excited.